Toxoplasma, Toxocara and Tuberculosis co-infection in a four year old child

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Guneratne, Randeewari ^a   Mendis, Devan ^a   Bandara, Tharaka ^a   Fernando, Sumadhya D ^b  

^a Professorial Surgical Unit   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; MEBENDAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRAIN; EOSINOPHILIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SKIN ABSCESS; SPLENOMEGALY; SRI LANKA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; SRI LANKA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79957463896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-44     Document Type: Article

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